Automatic measure for liquids.



Patented ont." 29, 190|.

L. B. 'HABRLY., AUTOMATIC MEASURE FOR LIUUIDS.

A(Applicatiolm led July *2, 1901.)

(No Mod'el.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ LEwIs n. EABEIRLY, oF ELLswoETH, IOWA.

AUTOMATIC MEASURE Foa LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,399, dated October29, 1901.

Application fied my 2,1901,l serial No.' ltasti. (Nt time.)

To tif/ZZ w'wnt t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS B. HABERLY, a citizen `of the United States,residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Hamilton and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Automatic Measure for Liquids, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to save time and labor in drawingliquids from a receptacleat different times and in different quantities, as required by merchantsin selling vinegar, oil, dac., in retail stores.

A further object is to prevent the waste of Valuable liquid merchandiseand the annoyances and uncleanliness incident to the use of portablegallon, quart, pint, and various other measures in common use.

My invention consists in the graduated measure adapted to be permanentlyconnected with a tank or reservoir for liquids in such a manner that allthe compartments will be automatically fllled through a single tube andeach compartment readily and independently emptied through a tubepermanently connected therewith, as required to draw therefrom thequantity to be sold and delivered toacustomerb Itis constructed,applied, and operated as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in myclaims, and illustrated in the aci companying drawings, in which- Figurelis a longitudinal sectional view of my graduated measure, adapted to beconnected with a tank or reservoir. Fig. 2 is a front face View of acabinet that incloses and supports a tank and shows my graduatedautomatic measure applied as required for practical use.

rPhe letter A designates a tubular vessel that may vary in length anddiameter. It is closed at its ends and subdivided by fixed' transversepartitions B to produce a plurality of compartments that are graduatedin length,

and capacity for receiving, measuring, and delivering dierent quantitiesof liquidfrom the vessel at different times. The partitions are uniformin sizeand correspond with the size and shape of the tubular vessel,which is preferably cylindrical.

C represents a tank or reservoir supported above the vessel A, and D isa tube connected with one end portion of measuring vessel and reservoir,as required to allow liquid to flow from the reservoir into the endcompartment of the graduated measuring vessel.

At the top Yof each Xed partition B is an opening in the vessel A, andover the opening isa fixed cover f, preferably conoidal in shape, asshown, and from the cover at the end and smallest compartment extendsupward a ventilating-tube g, to admit air into the measuring vessel A,as required to allow liquid to ow from one compartment to the otherthrough the openings at the tops of the fixed partitions.. Theconnection thus produced between the chambers allows liquid to over-Aflow from one chamber to the other until the vessel is full,so that allthe chambers or graduated measures maybe emptied independently and atdifferent times. Each compartment has a discharge-tube h fixed in itsbottom, and each tube is provided with a faucet m for opening andclosing the tube.

The tube D is provided with a valve o for opening and closingcommunication between thegraduated measuring vessel A and the reservoir.C.

In the practical use of my invention as constructed and applied all thefaucets m in the discharge-tubes h are closed and the valve r in thetube D opened to allow liquid to iiow from the reservoir into one of thecompartments in the tubular measuring vessel and from that compartmentinto the other compartments through the openings in the top and over thetops of the partitions until all the compartments are full. the valve 1^any one ot'V the filled compartments that vary in size and capacity maybe readily emptied by opening the faucet connected therewith to allowthe liquid to iiow therefrom into a portable receptacle withoutdisturbing the contents of anyone of the other compartments.

Having thus described the purpose, construction, application, andoperation of my invention, its practical utility will be readilyunderstood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, andwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a measure for liquids a'vessel of uni form sise from end to endand closed at its ends, a plurality of partitions iixed inside of Bythen closing v IOO the vessel at varying distances apart to produce aplurality of compartments or graduated measures extending from top tobottom of the vessel, an opening in the top of the vessel immediatelyover the top of each partition and a cover iXed over each opening forestablishing communication between the graduated measures, arranged andcombined to operate in the manner set forth.

2. A graduated measure for liquids comprising a vessel closed at itsends, partitions fixed in the measure at different spaces apart t0produce compartments differing in length and capacity, openings in themeasure immediately over the partitions, covers fixed to the measureover the openings, a tube at the top of the measure for conveying liquidinto the vessel, a valve in said tube, a discharge-tube at the bottom ofeach compartment provided with a faucet and a Ventilating-tube connectedwith one of the covers fixed over an opening in the top of the measure,arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth, for thepurposes stated.

3. A graduated measure for liquids comprising a vessel closed at itsends, partitions fixed in the measure at different spaces apart toproduce compartments differing in length and capacity, openings in themeasure for conveying immediately over the partitions, covers fixed tothe measure over the openings, a tube at the top of the measure forconveying liquid into the vessel, a valve in said tube, a discharge-tubeat the bottom of each compartment provided with a faucet and aVentilating-tube connected with one of the covers fixed over an openingin the top of the measure,arranged and combined with an ele vated tankor reservoir to operate in the mauner set forth for the purposes stated.

LEWIS B. HABERLY;

Witnesses:

JACOB DIGERNEss, STENA DIGERNEss.

